James Wade continued his rise up the PDC Order of Merit after winning a Players Championship title last Thursday. For "The Machine," it was his first Pro Tour title in nearly three years. Not long ago ...

Peter Sarris’s splendid new book is a defiant act of intellectual imperialism. Under the triumphant banner of ‘The Oxford History of Medieval Europe’ it annexes four academic kingdoms: Rome, the early ...

Motherwell chairman Kyrk MacMillan says that ambition had a huge part to play in the appointment of Jens Berthel Askou as the new manager of the club, with his front-foot philosophy a key aspect ...

Between his mammoth, 1,000-page biographies of writers and cities, Peter Ackroyd clearly likes to toss off the occasional slim volume of fiction, and he does it with practised ease. These are high ...

A classic from the 90ies - must read for any programmer interested in C and history. Nearly as funny as it is informing.

Motherwell have appointed Jens Berthel Askou as their new manager. The Dane replaces Michael Wimmer who quit at the end of last season for personal reasons. Askou, who most recently worked as ...